TOP 20 TEAMS

1. Clovis (2-0) Next: at Centennial (1-1), Friday

2. Central (1-0) Next: at Palos Verdes (0-2), Saturday

3. Bakersfield (2-0) Next: vs. Quartz Hill (1-0), Friday

4. Bullard (1-1) Next: vs. Clovis East (0-2), Sept. 22

5. Stockdale (1-0) Next: vs. West (0-1), Friday

6. Memorial (1-0) Next: at Fresno (0-1), Thursday

7. Tulare (1-0) Next: vs. Chavez (0-2), Friday

8. Edison (1-1) Next: at Merced (1-1), Friday

9. Frontier (1-0) Next: vs. El Diamante (0-1), Friday

10. Ridgeview (1-0) Next: at Foothill (1-0), Friday

11. Centennial (1-1) Next: vs. Clovis (2-0), Friday

12. Clovis North (2-0) Next: vs. Mad. So. (2-0), Friday

13. Porterville (2-0) Next: at Kennedy (0-1), Friday

14. Garces (2-0) Next: at Arvin (0-2), Friday

15. Clovis West (0-2) Next: vs. Crespi (2-0), Saturday

16. Tehachapi (1-1) Next: at North (1-0), Friday

17. Hanford (2-0) Next: at Dinuba (1-0), Friday

18. Washington (1-0) Next: vs. Kingsburg (2-0), Friday

19. Kingsburg (2-0) Next: at Washington (1-0), Friday

20. Madera (2-0) Next: at Yosemite (0-2), Friday

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS

D-I 1. Clovis; 2. Central; 3. Bakersfield

D-II 1. Memorial; 2. Frontier; 3. Clovis North

D-III 1. Ridgeview; 2. Porterville; 3. Hanford

D-IV 1. Washington; 2. Coalinga (2-0); 3. Wasco (2-0)

D-V 1. Sierra (1-0); 2. Corcoran (1-1); 3. Liberty-M.R. (1-1)

D-VI 1. Mendota (2-0); 2. Orange Cove (1-0); 3. Farm. (1-0)

THE BUZZ

It's obvious now that Clovis West coach Mike Parsons wasn't sandbagging when he questioned his team's No. 14 state preseason ranking by Cal-Hi Sports. The 0-2 Golden Eagles, coming off a 12-1 and Central Section Division I championship, suited up only 27 players in a 52-18 loss at Del Oro-Loomis. "A lot of injuries and there are some things going on," athletic director Joe Aiello said without elaborating. Having plunged from No. 2 to No. 15 in The Bee's rankings in two weeks, more trouble looms with Saturday's home game against state 11th-ranked Crespi-Encino, which has blasted Dominguez-Compton 48-6 and Jordan-Los Angeles 64-0.

Section commissioner Jim Crichlow says he and staff are reviewing video of Friday's Wasco-Corcoran game that was stopped toward the end of the first half because of a brawl with Wasco leading 34-12. He said all players who left the bench to join the fight – "and there are numerous" – will, by CIF rule, automatically be prohibited from playing in their team's next game.

Edison coach Tim McDonald says standout sophomore running back Kevin Nutt, who broke his left wrist in a 33-14 loss to Bakersfield, will be lost for the season. He'll be replaced by juniors Montrail Love and Dondre Howard, who is only 5-6 and 140 pounds but is also an outstanding baseball pitcher and one of the section's best athletes.

A new state CIF rule calls for automatic running clock upon a 35-point lead in the fourth quarter. Such was the case for all of the final quarter in Tulare's 81-14 win at Golden West; Redskins quarterback Oscar Reyes (395 passing yards, six TDs) and receivers Alex Espinoza (173 yards, three TDs) and Williams Stallworth (144 yards, three TDs; punt return TD) did all their damage in the first half.